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Gilmour was working on other collaborations, including a performance for Bryan Ferry at 1985's Live Aid concert, and co-produced the Dream Academy's self-titled debut album. With a shared love of aviation, Mason and Gilmour were taking flying lessons and together bought a de Havilland Dove aeroplane. His visit coincided with the release in August of his second solo album, Profiles, on which Gilmour sang. Nick Mason, In the Studio with Redbeard (1987) Īfter drummer Nick Mason attended one of Waters' London performances in 1985, he found he missed touring under the Pink Floyd name. Īt that time, certainly, I just thought, I can't really see how we can make the next record or if we can it's a long time in the future, and it'll probably be more for, just because of feeling of some obligation that we ought to do it, rather than for any enthusiasm. Waters returned to the US in March 1985 with a second tour, this time without the support of CBS Records, which had expressed its preference for a new Pink Floyd album Waters criticised the corporation as "a machine". Although both had enlisted a range of successful performers, including in Waters' case Eric Clapton, their solo acts attracted fewer fans than Pink Floyd poor ticket sales forced Gilmour to cancel several concerts, and critic David Fricke felt that Waters' show was "a petulant echo, a transparent attempt to prove that Roger Waters was Pink Floyd". Guitarist David Gilmour expressed feelings about his strained relationship with Waters on his second solo album, About Face (1984), and finished the accompanying tour as Waters began touring to promote his debut solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. It reached number three in the UK and US, and outsold Pink Floyd's previous album The Final Cut (1983).Īfter the release of Pink Floyd's 1983 album The Final Cut, viewed by some as a de facto solo record by bassist and songwriter Roger Waters, the band members worked on solo projects. The album was promoted with a successful world tour and with three singles: the double A-side " Learning to Fly" / " Terminal Frost", " On the Turning Away", and " One Slip".Ī Momentary Lapse of Reason received mixed reviews some critics praised the production and instrumentation but criticised Gilmour's writing, and it was derided by Waters. It includes writing contributions from outside songwriters, following Gilmour's decision to include material once intended for his third solo album. Unlike most earlier Pink Floyd records, A Momentary Lapse of Reason is not a concept album. It also saw the return of keyboardist and founding member Richard Wright, who had resigned from the band under pressure from Waters during the recording of The Wall (1979). The production was marred by legal fights over the rights to the Pink Floyd name, which were not resolved until several months after release. It was recorded primarily on guitarist David Gilmour's converted houseboat, Astoria.Ī Momentary Lapse of Reason was the first Pink Floyd album recorded without founding member Roger Waters, who departed in 1985. A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the thirteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in the UK on 7 September 1987 by EMI and the following day in the US on Columbia.